RENT: Can and Can't
Title: Can and Can't
Characters/Pairing: Toby, Maureen, Mark, Collins, Benny, April, Roger
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Everyone needs something from somebody else. The question is what.
Notes: Written for Dented Plaster prompt #20 - I Want You. It's a bit of an odd format - ask if you get confused. Toby belongs to the incomparable soscaredtolove, she just lets me borrow him.
Disclaimer: Don't own it.
I want you to stay here, right here, and never leave me (she did, and it hurts). I want to be able to hold your hand and kiss you and call you mine. I want you, all of you, all to myself. It's so unfair.
"Toby, don't do this to me!"
You can't be gone, I don't want you to be gone, I don't want to believe it, I don't want to hear it. I don't want to keep trying, not with you gone. I don't have anyone now, I don't want to be this lonely. I can't believe this, I won't believe this, you can't leave me you bastard, but I don't hate you. God, I can't do this.
"Please give it back, Maureen?"
I want you to be happy, both of you. I want you to be with the person you love instead of the person you rebounded with and settled for. I want you to be the happiest you can be, him too. I want you two to be friends again. I want you to be happy again.
"Don't fall, Mark."
Don't be so amazing, don't be so wonderfully adorable. Can't you just be any other guy, one that won't capture my attention so completely? I can't handle you. Can't handle what you do to me. But I can't leave, can't kick you out, can't stop being friends. I don't know how I'm going to get through these couple of months until there's someone else here to distract me.
"Hey, Tom, you want some coffee?"
Stay here, stay strong, keep fighting, you can beat this. I know you can, you can beat anything. Keep laughing, stay healthy. God, I want to kill him, how could he do this to you? I need you to fight this, I need you to beat this. I need you here and alive. You have to stay strong. For me, at least.
"Benny, can't you just mind your own business?"
I don't want you here, I don't want you looking at me, telling me what to do. You're not my father, you're not the boss of me, you're not my keeper. Don't look at me so heartbroken, don't look at me so accusingly. I'm not falling apart, I'm not unable to take care of myself. I don't need you.
"April, d'you think you can leave me alone for ten minutes?"
Why are you so damned stubborn and possessive and shit? I wish you'd just leave me be. I need you only to fuck you, for you to fuck me, I hate you, I love you, I hate you. Can't you just decide whether or not to care? You aren't worth all this pain; but I know you could be, if you wanted to be. Fuck you, why can't I help but care a little?
"Hey Roger, come look at this!"
Characters/Pairing: Toby, Maureen, Mark, Collins, Benny, April, Roger
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Everyone needs something from somebody else. The question is what.
Notes: Written for Dented Plaster prompt #20 - I Want You. It's a bit of an odd format - ask if you get confused. Toby belongs to the incomparable soscaredtolove, she just lets me borrow him.
Disclaimer: Don't own it.
I want you to stay here, right here, and never leave me (she did, and it hurts). I want to be able to hold your hand and kiss you and call you mine. I want you, all of you, all to myself. It's so unfair.
"Toby, don't do this to me!"
You can't be gone, I don't want you to be gone, I don't want to believe it, I don't want to hear it. I don't want to keep trying, not with you gone. I don't have anyone now, I don't want to be this lonely. I can't believe this, I won't believe this, you can't leave me you bastard, but I don't hate you. God, I can't do this.
"Please give it back, Maureen?"
I want you to be happy, both of you. I want you to be with the person you love instead of the person you rebounded with and settled for. I want you to be the happiest you can be, him too. I want you two to be friends again. I want you to be happy again.
"Don't fall, Mark."
Don't be so amazing, don't be so wonderfully adorable. Can't you just be any other guy, one that won't capture my attention so completely? I can't handle you. Can't handle what you do to me. But I can't leave, can't kick you out, can't stop being friends. I don't know how I'm going to get through these couple of months until there's someone else here to distract me.
"Hey, Tom, you want some coffee?"
Stay here, stay strong, keep fighting, you can beat this. I know you can, you can beat anything. Keep laughing, stay healthy. God, I want to kill him, how could he do this to you? I need you to fight this, I need you to beat this. I need you here and alive. You have to stay strong. For me, at least.
"Benny, can't you just mind your own business?"
I don't want you here, I don't want you looking at me, telling me what to do. You're not my father, you're not the boss of me, you're not my keeper. Don't look at me so heartbroken, don't look at me so accusingly. I'm not falling apart, I'm not unable to take care of myself. I don't need you.
"April, d'you think you can leave me alone for ten minutes?"
Why are you so damned stubborn and possessive and shit? I wish you'd just leave me be. I need you only to fuck you, for you to fuck me, I hate you, I love you, I hate you. Can't you just decide whether or not to care? You aren't worth all this pain; but I know you could be, if you wanted to be. Fuck you, why can't I help but care a little?
"Hey Roger, come look at this!"